Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In your case, Clayton, I would suspect wear and tear on the USB connector(s) in your computer and/or your USB cable. There is an issue with long term USB plug durability. USB connectors are only rated for 1500 insertion/removal (according to my hardware friend) before wearing out and requiring replacement. 1500 insertions doesn't take long if you do it 10 times a day. [Note: I did go check this USB 2.0 specification just now and that number is accurate. Table 6-7 of the USB 2.0 specification if anyone is really keen.] This is why changing the USB cable as a first step is not a bad place to start. Regards, Spencer On Dec 19, 2007, at 15:12, R. Clayton McKee wrote: > > Seagate 250 quit working in box A, so I put it in boxes B, C, and D, > and it didn't work in any of them. So I plugged it into the mobo as > secondary slave, hooked it to the main power supply, and it worked > fine. > > So I left it there, 18 months ago now. It's fine. > > I then put the Seagate 250 I took out of the main box into box A, and > it's still humming along quietly. > > I have noted that the USB ports are ALL getting somewhat finicky > lately; I'm not at all sure why. I'm fairly sure this is a hardware > thing, just because of the intermittent flakiness. I think it's > time for a round with the canned air and some scotchbrite pads on the > cable connections (and maybe some new cables...). > > I like some of the new tech stuff, but I don't understand any of it. > > "wtf?" is as far as I go; "why?" is someone else's department. >